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| Ist position to J&K in poverty reduction: Gupta seeks explanation from CM | | |
Jammu, Dec 26: Former union minister and MLA Prof Chaman Lal Gupta Wednesday sought an explanation from the Chief Minister that how the state of J&K got first position in reduction of the poverty "especially when the state government is still getting subsidized rations and other assistance from the centre for much higher percentage of families in comparison to other parts of the Country." Commenting upon the media reports that on basis of IBN-7 Diamond States Awards 2012, Prof Gupta said that it was a strange situation. "On one hand the State is aspiring for more and more assistance and rations under the poverty elevation programmes from the Centre while on the other an award is being received for having achieved what other states of the Country have failed to do so. But the fact remains that the State is getting cheap rations and other assistance for large number of families living below the poverty line (BPL) in proportionate to its population," he said. Gupta pointed out the BPL families are getting increased despite huge spending, so much so about eight lakh families are getting such rations who form about 40 percent of total population of the State. He recalled that in 2005, a similar survey was conducted by "India Today" and on August 15th function that year the then Deputy Chief Minister of J&K Muzzaffar Hussain Beig had received the first award for eradication of the poverty in the State. "But at that time several of the ruling leaders of today who were in opposition those days had raised many eyebrows. It is a pity that the anomalous situation still continues to prevail although the Planning Commission of India had been pointing out to the contradictions regarding these statistics especially about the BPL position of the J&K," he rued. The former Union minister said that it is to be seen that how the Union Planning Commission reacts to the latest development as the State which is seeking higher allocations for BPL reduction schemes. |
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